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90,000 Working Households by Income and Income Group, Metro Boston, 2010 2014 80,000 70,000 Number of Households 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 Extremely low income Very low income Low income Lower middle income Upper middle income High income BUILDING FOR THE MIDDLE: Housing Greater Boston s Workforce 7
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Change in Number of Working Households by Income Category, Metro Boston, 1990 2014 160,000 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 33% 40,000 20,000 126% 46% 15% 0-20,000-1% -4% Extremely low income Very low income Low income Lower middle income Upper middle income High income 15% 10% 5% 0% -5% -10% -15% -20% Change in Middle-Income Households, by Type and Location, Metro Boston, 1990 2014-14% -16% -10% Regionwide: -11% Family households with children Regionwide: +3% -12% -10% 12% Single-person, nonfamily, and zero-child households Boston Inner Ring Rest of Metro Boston BUILDING FOR THE MIDDLE: Housing Greater Boston s Workforce 13
Installation, maintenance, and repair Business operations specialists Architecture and engineering Farming, fishing, and forestry Office and administrative support Health care support Building and grounds maintenance Sales and related Construction and extraction Production Transportation and material moving Food preparation and serving Personal care and service Protective service Legal Life, physical, and social science Community and social services Computer and mathematical Education, training, and library Management, business, science, and arts Health care practitioners and technical Occupational Group Change by Household Income Group, Metro Boston, 1990 2014-100,000-80,000-60,000-40,000-20,000 02 0,0004 0,0006 0,0008 0,0001 00,000 Extremely low income Very low income Low income Lower middle income Upper middle income High income Decline in core middle-income occupations Low-income growth, middle-income decline Disproportionate lowincome growth Disproportionate high-income growth 14 BUILDING FOR THE MIDDLE: Housing Greater Boston s Workforce
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50% 40% 30% 20% 10% Middle-Income Housing Cost Burden, Metro Boston, 2014 41% 46% 41% 29% 26% 27% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% Homeowner Housing Cost Burden by Location, Metro Boston, 1990 vs. 2014 18% 20% 29% 45% 47% 43% 0% Lower middle cost burden Upper middle cost burden 0% 1990 2010 2014 Boston Inner Ring Rest of Metro Boston Boston Inner Ring Rest of Metro Boston 16 BUILDING FOR THE MIDDLE: Housing Greater Boston s Workforce
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35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 Property Transactions by Unit Type, Affordability, and Location, 2014 2015 Inner Core Regional Urban Centers Maturing Suburbs Developing Suburbs Unaffordable condominiums Unaffordable single-family Affordable condominiums Affordable single-family BUILDING FOR THE MIDDLE: Housing Greater Boston s Workforce 19
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